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From: Tim Rentsch
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Subject: Re: Segments
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2025 17:18:16 -0800
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Michael S writes:
> On Thu, 23 Jan 2025 08:14:52 GMT
> anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) wrote:
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>> Michael S writes:
>>
>>> Not every system capable of running C supports signals. I would
>>> think that those that support signals are not even majority.
>>
>> "man raise" tells me that raise() is C99. "man signal" tells me
>> that signal() is C99.
>
> I would guess that it belongs to the part of the standard that
> defines requirements for hosted implementation. [...]
Right. Almost all of the standard library is not required
for freestanding implementations, and is not
among the required set.